WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department releases unemployment figures this morning and analysts are expecting another month of healthy data.

Analysts believe that employers in the world’s biggest economy added a healthy 206,000 jobs in September, keeping the unemployment rate at 5.1 percent.

The numbers are taken into consideration by the Fed as it considers raising interest rates from record low levels, with its next decision scheduled for Oct. 28.

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